Disabled people

Services

Apply for or renew a Blue Badge

Check if you're eligible for a Blue Badge and apply or renew
Benefits calculators

Find out what benefits you could get, how much you could get and how to claim
Personal Independence Payment (PIP)

Personal Independence Payment (PIP) - how and when to claim, rates, eligibility, change of circumstances, claiming due to a terminal illness.
Carer's Allowance

Apply for Carer's Allowance - money to help you look after someone who needs to be cared for. Apply online or use form DS700.
Attendance Allowance

Attendance Allowance helps with extra costs if you're State Pension age and disabled: rates, eligibility, claim form AA1, claiming due to a terminal illness.

How to sign up to the Disability Confident employer scheme
- Detailed guide
- 25 November 2019
- Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment guide for Assessment Providers
- Guidance
- 25 November 2024
- Department for Work and Pensions
Get VAT relief on certain goods if you have a disability
- Detailed guide
- 22 January 2019
- HM Revenue & Customs
Disability and travel abroad
- Guidance
- 19 June 2019
- Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Easy read: Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- Guidance
- 3 April 2023
- Department for Work and Pensions

The lived experience of disabled people in the UK: a review of evidence
- 17 July 2025
- Disability Unit and Office for Equality and Opportunity
- Research
Disabled people's employment in the UK: a thematic review of the literature
- 17 July 2025
- Disability Unit and Office for Equality and Opportunity
- Research
Disability, loneliness and relationships: a thematic report
- 17 July 2025
- Disability Unit and Office for Equality and Opportunity
- Research
The impact of the rising cost of living on disabled people in the UK
- 17 July 2025
- Disability Unit and Office for Equality and Opportunity
- Research
Accessibility of private sector products and services for disabled people in the UK
- 17 July 2025
- Disability Unit and Office for Equality and Opportunity
- Research

British Sign Language 5-year plan: Department of Health and Social Care
- 21 July 2025
- Department of Health and Social Care, Disability Unit, and Office for Equality and Opportunity
- Policy paper
British Sign Language 5-year plan: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- 21 July 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Disability Unit, and Office for Equality and Opportunity
- Policy paper
British Sign Language 5-year plan: Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
- 21 July 2025
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Disability Unit, and Office for Equality and Opportunity
- Policy paper
British Sign Language 5-year plan: Attorney General's Office
- 21 July 2025
- Attorney General's Office, Disability Unit, and Office for Equality and Opportunity
- Policy paper
British Sign Language 5-year plan: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- 21 July 2025
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Disability Unit, and Office for Equality and Opportunity
- Policy paper

British Sign Language (BSL) third report, May 2024 to April 2025
- 21 July 2025
- Disability Unit and Office for Equality and Opportunity
- Corporate report
British Sign Language (BSL) Advisory Board: meeting summaries
- 1 May 2025
- Disability Unit, Closed organisation: Equality Hub, and Office for Equality and Opportunity
- Transparency
Assistive technology research and development work: 2023 to 2024
- 25 February 2025
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Corporate report
British Sign Language (BSL) second report, May 2023 to April 2024
- 17 December 2024
- Disability Unit and Office for Equality and Opportunity
- Corporate report
Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme: annual review 2023 to 2024
- 27 November 2024
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Corporate report